WIP: Outline on Fediverse investments

Combine the older previous research and the new research on this topic
into one document. See ticket #50

Fediverse-investments-an-estimation.md

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+Outline 
+> Release a report on the estimated collective current investment on fediverse technology: 
+>
+> Look at qualifiers like:
+>- Used system resources (CPU, storage, networking)
+>- Amount of software developers actively working on Fediverse software >products
+>- Amount of system administration engineers actively working on Fediverse software products
+>- Amount of moderation and governance people
+
+
+# An estimate of investments in the Fediverse 
+
+## Introduction
+* Define Fediverse / Social web 
+* Goals of this document 
+
+## Methodology
+* Numbers used & why these numbers and not other numbers
+* Services / platforms investigated
+* Why these services & platforms? 
+* Software applications  
+* Topic opened: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/any-info-on-the-estimated-collective-investments-time-money-on-fediverse-tech/4844?u=bjornw  
+
+## A closer look at the Fediverse platforms  
+* Name of service/platform 
+* Description of service/platform 
+* estimated nr of installations 
+* estimated nr of users (Monthly Active Users)
+* estimated nr of developers working on the service 
+* estimated nr of moderators
+* estimated costs for the service 
+
+## Estimating investments in the Fediverse 
+* Conclusion  
+
+
+## References 
+* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
+* https://fedidb.org/
+* https://mastodon-analytics.com/ 
+* https://www.thinkimpact.com/mastodon-statistics/
+* https://fediverse.observer/
+* https://the-federation.info/
+* https://fediverse.party
+* https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-f1d5-nodeinfo-in-fediverse-software/1190 
+* https://codeberg.org/fediverse
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